diff --git a/src/apex/aprs/aprs_kiss.py b/src/apex/aprs/aprs_kiss.py
index 67034bab73e3d351499f9e04c4ca21ae45bf0515..d3cc181c57b4f41d2c375f6b9c00e739483ca538 100644
--- a/src/apex/aprs/aprs_kiss.py
+++ b/src/apex/aprs/aprs_kiss.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ class AprsKiss(object):
     @staticmethod
     def __valid_frame(raw_frame):
         logging.debug('raw_frame=%s', raw_frame)
-        frame = {}
         frame_len = len(raw_frame)
 
         if frame_len > 16:
@@ -76,8 +75,6 @@ class AprsKiss(object):
                     if 1 < i < 11:
                         if raw_frame[raw_slice + 1] & 0x03 is 0x03 and raw_frame[raw_slice + 2] in [0xf0, 0xcf]:
                             return True
-
-        logging.debug('frame=%s', frame)
         return False
 
     @staticmethod